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en-USHyde Park company wants competitor to stop pounding sandhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/hyde-park-company-wants-competitor-stop-pounding
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="https://dunejewelry.com/">Dune Jewelry</a>, which makes jewelry with lockets containing beach sand, is demanding a Florida company stop making jewelry containing beach sand.</p></div></div></div>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:21:34 +0000adamg83743 at http://www.universalhub.comLocal woman says she never would have signed up with health insurer if she knew how careless it was with her datahttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/local-woman-says-she-never-would-have-signed
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A Malden woman has filed what will likely be the start of a flood of lawsuits against Anthem, Inc. for <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/24/us-anthem-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0LS2CS20150224">a data breach affecting millions</a> of Anthem and Blue Cross/Blue Shield customers.</p>
<p>In her suit, filed in US District Court in Boston, Lisa Diane Daniels seeks to become the lead plaintiff in a class action against the insurance company on behalf of up to 80 million Americans "whose personal, financial, or health information was compromised by the Anthem data breach."</p></div></div></div>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:53:47 +0000adamg83689 at http://www.universalhub.comCourt: Direct TV and Dish Network should have quit while they were aheadhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/court-dish-network-should-have-quit-while-it-was
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today Dish Network and Direct TV have to continue paying an excise tax on their Massachusetts accounts.</p>
<p>The state's highest court ruled that even though cable providers and Verizon don't have to pay the excise tax, that's not discriminatory under the US Constitution's commerce clause because the satellite companies still come out ahead, because of the way the land-based providers are taxed:</p></div></div></div>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:01:05 +0000adamg83536 at http://www.universalhub.comVictims of particularly awful Soldiers Field Road bus crash sue GPS makershttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/victims-particularly-awful-soldiers-field-road-bus
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Some of the victims <a href="http://www.universalhub.com/2013/bus-plows-soldiers-field-road-underpass-25-entrapp">2013 bus crash</a> that sent 32 Pennsylvania students to the hospital are suing two GPS manufacturers saying the bus driver was led astray by his device and that they devices are hazardous menaces because drivers pay more attention to them than the conditions around them. The suit, filed by the lawyer for a student permanently paralyzed in the crash, seeks $15 million.</p>
</div></div></div>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:28:19 +0000adamg83322 at http://www.universalhub.comMan says his laptop's battery life sucks, so he sueshttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/man-says-his-laptops-battery-life-sucks-so-he-sues
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A Massachusetts man who says he's lucky to get five hours use out of a Lenovo laptop that promises nine hours of battery life is suing the manufacturer for the more than $5 million he says he and "hundreds of thousands" of other Lenovo users are owed for the allegedly deceptive advertising.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:11:48 +0000adamg83294 at http://www.universalhub.comJudge slaps Partners HealthCare upside the headhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/judge-slaps-partners-healthcare-upside-head
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Globe <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/01/29/partners/s9TxpYCBakjPN6pDbBFHGL/story.html">reports</a> a Suffolk Superior Court judge yesterday rejected the mega-hospital holding company's plans to buy three hospitals in the Boston area as anti-competitive.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:49:54 +0000adamg83156 at http://www.universalhub.comWoman objects to the idea Google is making money off an anti-spam measure, so she sueshttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/woman-objects-thought-google-making-money-anti
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A Williamstown woman says she was shocked to learn that Google uses an anti-spam measure in which users help the company translate old texts into binary code without paying her anything, so she's filed a class-action suit seeking millions of dollars in recompense under federal and Massachusetts consumer-protection laws.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:56:23 +0000adamg83005 at http://www.universalhub.comCompany alleges hanky-panky and safety issues in suit over subway-car project it lost out onhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/company-alleges-hanky-panky-and-safety-issues-suit
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Hyundai Rotem, the South Korean company that started delivering commuter-rail trains 2 1/2 years late, is suing the state for awarding the contract to build new Red and Orange Line trains.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:35:15 +0000adamg82971 at http://www.universalhub.comBoston cab owners say city and state are driving them to ruin; sue over non-regulation of Uber and its ilkhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/boston-cab-owners-say-city-and-state-are-driving
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Heavily regulated Boston cab owners last week filed a federal lawsuit against city and state regulators they charge have put them at a competitive disadvantage by letting Uber, Lyft and similar concerns steal their business.</p>
<p>In their lawsuit, filed in US District Court, the Boston Taxi Owners Association and two individual medallion owners charge the city is ruining their investments in expensive medallions by letting ride-share or "transportation network companies" pick up passengers for hire without any similar investment.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:01:57 +0000adamg82948 at http://www.universalhub.comMan who wants to be a Boston cop sues city, state for sex discriminationhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/man-who-wants-be-boston-cop-sues-city-sex
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>John Caulfield, who passed the Civil Service exam for police officer in 2011, says Boston Police Department bypassed him two years later to offer spots at the police academy to women who scored lower on the test.</p>
<p>In a lawsuit filed last week in US District Court, Caulfield says BPD wanted to recruit at least 10 women that year and that this </p></div></div></div>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:11:12 +0000adamg82901 at http://www.universalhub.comLittle Beacon Hill restaurant faces big lawsuit over namehttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/little-beacon-hill-restaurant-faces-big-lawsuit
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A Mongolian hotpot chain that wants to break into the US market is suing Little Lamb, 326 Cambridge St., on charges it's using the chain's name and logo without permission.</p></div></div></div>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:56:58 +0000adamg82900 at http://www.universalhub.comLocal sculptor is hopping mad at Macy's, so he sueshttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/local-sculptor-hopping-mad-macys-sues
<div class="field field-name-field-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cgespino/6165265752">Photo by Christine Espino</a>. Used under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">this Creative Commons license</a>.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>David Phillips, who sculpted six frog statues at Frog Pond, says Macy's violated his copyright when it used a replica of one of them in a Christmas display at its Downtown Crossing store.</p>
<p>In a ribbeting lawsuit filed last week in US District Court in Boston, <a href="http://www.phillipssculpture.com/">Phillips</a>, whose studio is in Medford, charges:</p></div></div></div>Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:01:16 +0000adamg82786 at http://www.universalhub.comCourt: Family proved pretty loathsome in efforts to force elderly couple out of Back Bay condo it wantedhttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/court-family-proved-pretty-loathsome-efforts-force
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a large monetary verdict against a member of the Demoulas clan, her husband and their attorney - who wound up disbarred in the long-running Demoulas family saga - over their efforts to force a Brandeis professor and his wife out of their Back Bay condo so they could convert the entire building into a single residence.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:14:56 +0000adamg82712 at http://www.universalhub.comAll bets are off: Boston goes to court to try to quash Everett casino, or, at least, get more money out of ithttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/all-bets-are-boston-goes-court-try-quash-everett
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In a lawsuit filed today, Boston seeks to have the state's award of a casino license to Wynn for a site in Everett tossed out as illegal, charging the planned Everett casino will be built on a foundation of criminal acts and legal bungling that will destroy efforts to improve Sullivan Square and deny the city its rightful amount of mitigation money.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:14:10 +0000adamg82704 at http://www.universalhub.comAnother Emerson students sues over treatment of her rape allegationshttp://www.universalhub.com/2015/another-emerson-students-sues-over-treatment-her
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>An Emerson student who says school officials dismissed her story of being raped by a fellow Emerson student and an MIT student in October has filed a federal lawsuit against the college.</p>
<p>In the suit, the student, identified as Jane Doe, charges a classmate took her to an MIT frat party in October, 2012 - possibly after first plying her with a spiked drink - where he and an MIT student raped her. She alleges college officials refused to seriously investigate her claims, in fact, were openly hostile to her, and that dealing with the whole situation drove her to suicide attempts.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:49:03 +0000adamg82657 at http://www.universalhub.com